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Identification of needed competences. Socio-economic development in the era of renewable energies: Towards the creation of a research institution for the MENA region based on DESERTEC concept Tunis, 3-4 September 2012. RE motivations. Enhance energy security Reduce carbon dioxide emissions
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Identification of needed competences Socio-economic development in the era of renewable energies: Towards the creation of a research institution for the MENA region based on DESERTEC concept Tunis, 3-4 September 2012
RE motivations • Enhance energy security • Reduce carbon dioxide emissions • Reduce energy price volatility • Improve energy access • Technology development • Job creation (development of manufacturing industry) • Policy to promote job creation • Support for the acquisition of the necessary skills
Data In 2010 3.5 Millions positions (REN21) Of these Jobs: • 630 000 Wind Industry • 350 000 Solar PV industry • 1.5 Millions: Biofuel Location Majority in: China, Brazil (Ethanol), Germany, India, USA, Denmark RE are more labor-intensive than fossil fuel technologies, with PV technologies accounting for the highest number of Job-Years per GWh over the lifetime of the facility
Job.Years/ GWh • Solar PV: 0.85 • Small Hydro: 0.27 • Geothermal: 0.25 • Solar thermal: 0.22 • Biomass: 0.21 • Wind: 0.19 • Nuclear: 0.18 • Natural Gas: 0.11 / 0.12
Job nature • Jobs related to fuel free technologies (Large scale RE Electricity, Domestic and industrial applications of RE) • Installation and /or Plant construction • Manufacturing • Administration / Management • Project design • Operation and Maintenance • Decommissioning • Jobs related to fuel based technologies (biofuel for transport industries) • Feedstock • Production of Biofuel • Distribution of Biofuel
Job classification • Direct Jobs • Feedstock conversion • Manufacturing • Project development (including site preparation and installation) • Operation and Maintenance • Indirect Jobs • Supplying the RE industry • Industrial input sectors in the production, operation and Maintenance • Positions in Government • Regulatory Body • Consultancy firms • Research organizations • Induced Jobs Created when wealth is generated, spent elsewhere in the economy (Expl. Stimulating consumption / Tourism …)
Fields of activity • Feedstock production • Local / Export Industries • Project development • Installation • Operation and Maintenance • Decommissioning
Fuel free technology The case of PV industry Decommissioning Processing of Raw Material Manufacture of Cells and Modules Installation / Plant construction Operation & Maintenance
Fuel based technology • Biomass based electricity generation • Liquid biofuel for transport
Skills • In Germany: • RE: 82% have vocational training 40% university degree • Whole Industry: 70% have vocational training 10% University degree • High Skills: • Engineering • Meteorology • Project Development • R & D • Unskilled: • Installation / Construction • Indirect Jobs: Transport / Administration • Collection of fuel feedstock (farmers / Seasonal Labors)
Skills • Similar to those needed in the conventional work force • Specific to certain RE technologies • Appropriate training • Education policy
How to promote employment benefits of RE • Stable deployment policy • Financial support for RE Technology • Carbon dioxide pricing & Elimination of subsidies for conventional power generation • Provision of financial support • Labor market policy • Implement training programs: • intensive vocational tailor made • Courses directed towards specific needs of employers • Policies for Education and Training • Education delivered at the level of companies: • New vocational training programs on RE • Adjustment of existing programs • Formal education sector: • Introducing new programs (degrees in RE) • Adjusting those already existing programs by adding modules related to RE • Industrial Policy • Policy aimed at deployment • Increase industry ability to compete in national and International Market
Target group • The programs developed need to extent beyond the workforce in the direct manufacturer and installation and also addresses employers and supporting institutions: • Government agencies • Ministries • Financial institutions • Other business services / private sector • Both vocational and formal education must provide • Specialized education & Trainings for RE Industry • Broader education requirements in Engineering & Management The competitiveness of a domestic industry depend on the availability and skills of the labor force and measures to ensure this.
Which subjects for training? • Energy Geopolitics • Energy market / Price making • Energy strategy / Optimization of energy systems • Energy Policy • Investment choices • Financing tools for RE projects • Available Resources (solar / Wind/ Biomass …) • Site assessment • Thermal power plants • Physics of solar collectors • Energy conversion • Energy storage • Operation & Maintenance • Electric Power transmission • Economic aspects • Social & Strategic aspects
Beyond the DESERTEC concept • Energysaving in dwellings / ecobuildings • Energy conversion and management for domestic applications • Energy conversion for Industrial applications • Energy conversion for Agriculture and in rural area • Energyefficiency